Over 10,000 High Resolution Scans
Supported By The State Of Hawaii's GIA Grant
Always expanding, and focused on sharing!
Unique Stories From Our Storytellers
A blog offering an array of stories providing context to our history
Pam Barton
Fiber Arts
Marilyn Nicholson
VAC Admin Stories
Susan McGovern
Stories From VAC Programs
Eva Lee
Stories On Artists
Boone Morrison
VAC's Origins
How Can I Contribute?
Since our founding in October of 1974, the Volcano Art Center (VAC) has worked with and featured thousands of artists, performers, athletes, and visitors. Although all of them have their memories, far fewer of them have recorded or documented the events, lifestyles, and art that have helped shape the Volcano Area as we know it today.
In 2020 the VAC's Heritage and Archival Program (HAP) was born after thousands of assets were meticulously digitized from the VAC's historical collection, but we need your help to contextualize them!
Context is the almost unending process of telling stories and understanding the impact of events that have helped shape, expand, and strengthen our everyday lives. With this understanding the VAC is looking to expand and preserve the context of artists, performers, athletes, and the visitors who have interacted with the VAC and the Volcano area. You can help us do that by submitting your content to the VAC's archive by clicking on the link to right.
Unless solicited, the VAC does not accept physical assets of any kind with an exception for digital storage devices such as memory cards, hard-drives, flash drives or CDs. Any other digital storage device will not be accepted due to compatibility issues.
Restoring Damaged Images
Restoring Damaged Images
Help Sponsor The Digitization Of A Specific Collection
Not all artists get equal attention with their legacies, the Volcano Art Center (VAC) is working to change that. Many institutions cannot afford to preserve or to digitize everything they own, and some assets are not deemed as worth preserving or digitizing. Collections can range from text documents, fine art prints, books, photographs, sound recordings, or film and video formats.
You can help the VAC close the gap by donating your time or assisting in acquiring grants for specific collections, or by making a monetary donation earmarked for a specific collection.
With guidance from our HAP Committee and our community we aim to build a digital collection of assets that can become publicly viewable for everyone to enjoy.
Help us today by donating or sponsoring an identified collection.